Kutenai Art Therapy Institute Association
Publicly funded institution · Nelson, British Columbia · BN 891274037RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($686,882) as filed with the CRA.
Kutenai Art Therapy Institute Association is a charitable organization based in Nelson, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $622K in revenue and $687K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $15K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
1. Art therapy training program. 2. Art therapy groups and individual services. 3. Library access for art therapy research. 4. Virtual and in-person professional education services including Groundwater Eco-Education and the Art of Art Therapy supervision. 5. Virtual and in-person open studios (community-based art-making). 6. Art for People - supporting culturally sensitive art projects in diverse communities. 7. Publishing Art Therapy based books for the promotion of Art Therapy.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $622K | $687K | $547K | — | — | $21K |
| 2023 | $712K | $732K | $578K | — | — | $89K |
| 2022 | $684K | $646K | $502K | — | — | $110K |
| 2021 | $575K | $567K | $432K | $79 | — | $73K |
| 2020 | $501K | $455K | $328K | — | — | $65K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $15K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$372K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Charmaine Husum (vice chair); Deb Kozak (director); Lindsey Myram (director); Terence Buie (chair); Kirkland Shave (director); Blake Henry (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kutenai Art Therapy Institute Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891274037RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.